Welcome to F

Click on a camera thumbnail left to see technical information about the cameras I've used.

1951

Born in Haarlem (NL). I absolved a fully technical
education after which I started to work at Fokker Aircraft Company at Schiphol.
The first few years at the laboratories for Bonding adhesives and paint
technic. Then I changed to the standards department. I was member of
international (ISO and AECMA) standardization committees for mechanical
fastening systems and semi-products. I was also responsible for the
co-ordination of the technical design manuals with our design partners in
Ireland and Germany. After the bankruptcy of Fokker, I worked half a year as a project
leader at Machine factory JARO in Alkmaar. Since 1997, I work at Kenteq, in the
past the "Stichting Opleidingen Metaal". Here I am responsible for
the development of assessments for Technical students in the Metal branch.
For those who are interested in my personal situation: I'm married (1977) and
we have one daughter (1986). With respect to photography: I am not specialized
in one or two specific themes. I like to take pictures of almost everything
I see. From people to technical matters and from Architecture to Nature. I
hope you enjoy the photos on my site. Please feel free to contact me for
whatever reason via the "Contact" link above.

1967

During my education I was infected with photography
by a teacher. During a holiday and a Saturday's job, I raised the money to
buy my first SLR. A Praktica Super TL. One by one I added
several accessories to the camera. Tele and wide angle lenses, converters,
flash, filters and off course a case. During this time, I mainly shoot
black-white negative photo's. Many of these are still in my possession but the
quality of the negatives is now highly questionable. One moment of carelessness
however, ment that all my gear was stolen during a holiday in St. Goar (Germany).

1981

A few years after the theft of my gear I bought an
new camera. The, at that time, most popular Canon AE-1 program, together with a
50mm lens. I also extended this set. I added a Tokina AT-X 28 - 85mm and a Sunpak
flash. During that time I took a lot of slides. Approximately 4500 are still in
my possession. (Costs a lot of space!) Because of the actuality, I changed
hobby and photography was only actual during my holidays.

2003

With the introduction of the digital camera, my old
hobby became active again. I read a lot of magazines and tests and finally I
decided to by my first digital camera. The Nikon Coolpix 995. A superb camera
was that at that time. 3,34 megapixels and I was able to make nice quality
pictures. Digital processing on the computer was not applicable than. This
camera was still in use with my daughter until the year 2008 when she bought a
complete Nikon D40 set.

2005

Camera's developed and so did my requirements. I was
taking more and more pictures and the Coolpix 995 could not fulfill my
requirements anymore. Therefore I decided to look for a replacement. Again I
did a lot of "homework" and again I found a Nikon bridge camera. The
Coolpix 8800 with its 8 Mp and 10x optical zoom. I worked a lot with this
camera but still I missed something. The posibilities of My old
SLR.

2007

So, in 2007 I again did a lot of
"homework" and again a Nikon was my favorite. Now the D80 with the 18
- 70mm kit objective. This lens was replaced by the Tamron 17 - 50 f2.8 and the
Tamron 28 - 75 f2.8. I visit the Nikon Club Nederland forum regularly in order to share experience about all Nikon products.
I also became a member of the Dutch
Nikon Club.

2009

In July 2009 I took the step to change to the newer
D90. The counter on zero again and learning to get used to this piece of
technic.

2011

Well, the D90 and the Tamron 17-50 also changed
their owner (see below) in February since I took the opportunity to start with
a D7000. Added a Nikkkor 17 - 55 f/2.8 to it.

2012

Wow, I've bought a nice Nikon D800 with the MB-D12 power
grip. The D7000 set will change owner to my daughter again.

2017

In addition to the D800 I bought a D500 for action and sport photography. Very nice high speed of 10 frames per second.